Years 2-4
Role of specific GABAA receptors subunits in the segregation of inhibitory synapses from different interneuron types onto different compartments of pyramidal neurons.
Year 1
Lab rot 1: Study of the role of sleep oscillations in memory consolidation by using electrophysiology and optogenetic in freely moving rodents.
Lab rot 2: Development and validation of viral vectors that allow the modulation of a metabolic pathway in astrocytes.
Lab rot 3:GABAa receptors and development of specific synaptic territories.
Biographie / Publications
Posters:
"Presynaptic Targeting of Optogenetic Probes"
S.Latifi, G.Lignani, C.Donato, L.Maragliano, P.Baldelli, F.Cesca, F. Benfenati
Department of Neuroscience and Brain Technologies, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genova, Italy
"Optical Sensors For Extracellular pH"
S. Latifi*/**, M. Chiacchiaretta*/**, C. Donato*, F. Cesca, F. Benfenati*/**
*Department of Neuroscience and Brain Technologies, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genova, Italy
**Department of Experimental Medicine, University Of Genova, Genova, Italy